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cumbersome
English
Etymology
cumber (“hindrance”) +? -some.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?mb?s?m/
Adjective
cumbersome (comparative more cumbersome, superlative most cumbersome)
- Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious
- Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
- Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
- Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
- A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.
- Inert, lumbering, slow in movement
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:difficult
Derived terms
- cumbersomely
- cumbersomeness
Synonyms
- cumbrous
- unwieldy
Translations
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encumbrous
English
Etymology
encumber +? -ous
Adjective
encumbrous (comparative more encumbrous, superlative most encumbrous)
- (obsolete) Of, pertaining to, or causing an encumbrance; cumbersome; troublesome.
Synonyms
- burdensome, cumbrous
References
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